Author : Vassil Girginov
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 12,26 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780415346047
This new student textbook explores the history and meaning of the modern Olympic Games, providing a comprehensive overview of 'Olympism' from the Ancient Greeks origins through to the beginnings of the International Olympic Committee.
Author : Kristine Toohey
Publisher : CABI
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 20,32 MB
Release : 2007-11-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1845933559
This 2nd edition of a highly successful book (published in 2000) provides a comprehensive, critical analysis of the Olympic Games using a multi-disciplinary social science approach. This revised edition contains much new data relating to the Sydney 2000 Games and their aftermath; and preparations for Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Games. The book is broad-ranging and independent in its coverage, and includes the use of drugs, sex testing, accusations of power abuse among members of the IOC, the Games as a stage for political protest, media-related controversies, economic costs and benefits of the Games and historical conflicts between organizers and host communities.
Author : Eleni Theodoraki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 13,61 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0750684763
Part one : Perspectives. (1. Structures in context. 2. Mega organizing). - Part two : The Olympic Movement. (3. Olympic organizations. 4. Organizing in the Olympic context). - Part three : Event Organization Phases. (5. Bidding and selection phase organizational activity. 6. Planning and delivering phase organizational activity).
Author : Danyel Reiche
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 37,29 MB
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 131763277X
The Olympic Games is undoubtedly the greatest sporting event in the world, with over 200 countries competing for success. This important new study of the Olympics investigates why some countries are more successful than others. Which factors determine their failure or success? What is the relationship between these factors? And how can these factors be manipulated to influence a country’s performance in sport? This book addresses these questions and discusses the theoretical concepts that explain why national sporting success has become a policy priority around the globe. Danyel Reiche reassesses our understanding of success in sport and challenges the conventional explanations that population size and economic strength are the main determinants for a country’s Olympic achievements. He presents a theory of countries’ success and failure, based on detailed investigations of the relationships between a wide variety of factors that influence a country’s position in the Olympic medals table, including geography, ideology, policies such as focusing on medal promising sports, home advantage and the promotion of women. This book fills a long-standing gap in literature on the Olympics and will provide valuable insights for all students, scholars, policy makers and journalists interested in the Olympic Games and the wider relationship between sport, politics, and nationalism.
Author : Luke J. Harris
Publisher : Springer
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,23 MB
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1137498625
Britain and the Olympic Games, 1908-1920 focuses upon the presentation and descriptions of identity that are presented through the depictions of the Olympics in the national press. This book breaks Britain down into its four nations and presents the debates that were present within their national press.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Organizations
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 30,71 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
Author : John Horne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 30,14 MB
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 113492304X
This edited collection contains six refreshing critical assessments of the leisure-sport relationship from societies that have staged the Olympic and Paralympic Games and contains valuable information for those who live in societies that aspire to host the Games. The collection begins and ends with discussions of the Olympic Games as a platform for protest. The first and last chapters consider the changing political relationships from 1968 in Mexico City, when one of the most politically-charged gestures ever made by athletes took place, and the campaigns surrounding the ethical responsibilities of those hosting the Olympics in London in 2012. Other chapters consider the sociocultural legacy of the Seoul Olympics, assess the likely regeneration legacies of the London 2012 Games, examine the relationship between hosting societies and indigenous cultures and analyse the effectiveness and appeal of Olympic mascots. This collection provides not just insight into the past and present effects of the Olympic and Paralympic Games but also offers readers the opportunity to reflect upon and consider the impact of these sports mega-events on their everyday lives. This book was published as a special issue of Leisure Studies.
Author : David Hassan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 40,44 MB
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1317618653
As the World’s greatest sporting event, the Olympic Games has always commanded intrigue, analysis and comment in equal measure. This book looks to celebrate the significance of the Olympics, their historical impact, controversies that presently surround them and their possible future direction. It begins with a detailed, if controversial, analysis of the scale of the modern Summer Olympics and considers whether in fact the Games have simply become too big? Thereafter considerable coverage is afforded the often contentious bidding process, required of successful host cities wishing to attract the Games, and asks why some cities are successful and others are not. This book also reflects on the growing security measures that surround the Olympics and considers their full impact on the civil liberties of those impacted by them. For scholars of the Olympic movement this book represents essential reading to understand further the Olympic Games, their significance and effect, as the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro draw ever closer. This book was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.
Author : Marie Delaplace
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 33,97 MB
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1000546772
Hosting the Olympic Games: Uncertainty, Debates and Controversy provides a broad and comprehensive analysis of past Olympic and Paralympic events, shedding critical light on the future of the Games with a specific look at the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics. It draws attention to the debates and paradox that hosting the Games presents for the contemporary city. Employing a range of interdisciplinary theoretical and methodological approaches, individual chapters highlight the various controversies of the Games throughout the bidding process, the event itself and its aftermath. Social Science-based chapters place strong emphasis on the vital importance of sustainable strategy for contemporary host cities. Along with environmental concerns whether atmospheric, microbiological or otherwise, many other requirements, costs and risks involving security and public expenditure among others are explored throughout the book. Including a variety of international and comparative case studies from a range of contributing academics, this will be essential reading for students and researchers in the field of Event studies as well as various disciplines including Tourism, Heritage studies and Urban and Environmental studies.
Author : Philip D’Agati
Publisher : Springer
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 21,60 MB
Release : 2013-06-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1137360259
The Soviet boycott of the 1984 Olympic Games is explained as the result of a complex series of events and policies that culminated in a strategic decision to not participate in Los Angeles. Using IR framework, D'Agati developes and argues for the concept of surrogate wars as an alternative means for conflict between states.
